The Eyes Closed

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Drama

Overview

Protagonist is the young actor Yvan. During a tour, he witnesses the inexplicable suicide of one of his fellow actors. Back in Paris he tells Xénie, the ex-lover of the dead actor. Xénie is in love with Yvan, but the latter sinks deeper and deeper into a personal crisis. At a certain point he acts being blind and buys a pair of glasses with black lenses. He is fascinated by his new, more restricted manner of seeing and refuses to open his eyes. Reality makes way for his more and more obsessive imagination. The mixture of fantasy and reality meant that Santoni's approach was compared with that of Buñuel.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: April 5, 1974
Original language: French
Spoken languages: French
Countries: France
Production: Delfilms
Cast: Lorraine Rainer,Jean Carmet,Gérard Desarthe,Marcel Dalio,Lucien Raimbourg
Director: Joël Santoni
Writer: Joël Santoni,Jeanne Bronner,Claude Breuer
Producer: Joël Santoni
Cinematography: Pierre-William Glenn
Music: Terry Riley
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0195423